How'd you interptet in russian: Ahoy in front, and avast behind. -???
Ок, that is general interpretation, but how´d we interpret it in the context of the play by Ray Cooney "It runs in the family"??

Question

How'd you interptet in russian: Ahoy in front, and avast behind. -???
Ок, that is general interpretation, but how´d we interpret it in the context of the play by Ray Cooney "It runs in the family"??

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AlejandroZZZ, 


Ей,впереди, и стоп позади. 


Ahoy....is a call used to attract someone's attention from a distance. It is mainly used in the navy or in nautical situations. 

Ahoy there! Эй там! 
Ship ahoy! Эй, на судне! Эй, на корабле! 


Avast...means hold, stop, stay, cease. It is also a nautical term. 

Avast lowering.....stop lowering 
Avast heaving.....stop pulling (the rope) 

In Russian probably.....стой!, стоп! 
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In that play, which is a farsical comedy, it is a pun. 

The joke depends on the double meaning...avast behind = a vast behind.

Ahoy in front.......pay attention to the frontside of that beautiful woman. 

and avast behind.......and she has a vast (a very large) behind. 

The only Russian equivalent that I know of is - 
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